Cicely Tyson, Rita Moreno and Carole King named 2015 Kennedy Center Honorees

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 11:17am

Good for them!

Updated On: 7/15/15 at 11:17 AM

[quizking101]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 11:20am

I'm surprised Carole King wasn't a KCH honoree already...Good for her!

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 11:22am

It's about time Rita got hers! It's been long overdue! She did however receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bush in 2004.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 11:54am

I wonder if we'll be seeing Jessie Mueller, Katie Brayben, Chilina Kennedy, and/or Abby Mueller during Carole King's tribute...

[Mrs Mangel]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 3:02pm

I wonder if they'll mention Googie Gomez during Rita's tribute...

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 3:09pm

Let's be real, none of the homos at the Kennedy Center knew who Carole King was until there was a Broadway musical about her. I was one of them. 

[Tag]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 3:11pm

^Really?  You're probably pretty young then!

[Tag]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 3:13pm

Also just realized there are 6 nominees this year instead of the usual 5!?

[Huss417]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 3:26pm

A good group of nominees. Interesting that there are 6 this year. The only disappointment  each segment will be shorter on the broadcast this year.

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 5:32pm

Also, they are not nominees.  There are six honorees this year (instead of the usual 5).

[BobNC]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 8:59pm

Yay Carole!

Updated On: 7/15/15 at 08:59 PM

[BobNC]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 9:03pm

I am constantly amazed at how many young folks don't know that Carole King was such a pioneer of rock and roll, girl groups, and the whole singer/ songwriter movement.  I've had the pleasure of meeting her a few times and the woman actually freaking glows from within--she has such an amazing aura.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 9:44pm

Betcha John Williams gonna play for LucasFilm.

 

(Dum Dum  Da Da Da DUM  DUM....)

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 7/16/15 at 12:23am

The only thing I knew about Carole King was that she sung the Gilmore Girls theme song.  But then Beautiful came out and a month later I downloaded four of her albums! I love her. I entered the contest they are putting on to attend the show, I doubt I'll be one of the three that they will pick but it would be amazing to go instead of watching it on tv! 

[starcatchers]

Posted: 7/16/15 at 1:43am

What contest? 

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/16/15 at 8:20am

A really great group of honorees this year!

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 7/16/15 at 8:27am

Younger people really only know of Carole King because of BEAUTIFUL?! Really?? As previously mentioned, she was a pioneer in the singer-songwriter genre and one of the very first prominent, independent female songwriters (following her divorce). 

[TheBoyFromNC]

Posted: 7/16/15 at 12:24pm

A) Yeah, I'm 23 and pre-Beautiful I only knew Carole because of the Gilmore Girls theme song and You've Got A Friend (which I primarily knew as a James Taylor song).

B) About time for Rita Moreno! She finished her EGOT almost 40 years ago! (1977)

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/16/15 at 12:26pm

"A) Yeah, I'm 23 and pre-Beautiful I only knew Carole because of the Gilmore Girls theme song and You've Got A Friend (which I primarily knew as a James Taylor song).
B) About time for Rita Moreno! She finished her EGOT almost 40 years ago! (1977)"

...and in that 40 year span she's won numerous other awards! This is just one more to add to the mantle!

Just last year she won a Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award.

Updated On: 7/16/15 at 12:26 PM

[BWAY Baby2]

Posted: 7/16/15 at 12:32pm

The Eagles?  Gimme a break- and Cicely Tyson?  Thrown in because she is old and black- plenty more deserving actors out there- Jane Fonda could have gotten Tyson's spot- and as for The Eagles- with Carole King as a nominee- another nominee from the world of dance could have taken the place- sounds like a more commercial Kennedy Centers Awards than in the past.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/16/15 at 12:36pm

"The Eagles?  Gimme a break- and Cicely Tyson?  Thrown in because she is old and black- plenty more deserving actors out there- Jane Fonda could have gotten Tyson's spot- and as for The Eagles- with Carole King as a nominee- another nominee from the world of dance could have taken the place- sounds like a more commercial Kennedy Centers Awards than in the past."

Oy!

 

[Renart]

Posted: 7/16/15 at 4:23pm

"the woman actually freaking glows from within"


She should have that checked.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 7/16/15 at 10:39pm

Not all young people. I'm in my twenties and I knew who Carole King was long before Beautiful. Of course, I'll admit that before listening to Tapestry I knew some of her songs that don't get as much radio play from American Idol Carole King nights and the like.

[Will42]

Posted: 7/17/15 at 5:58am

Although I can always think of some deserving people this is a brilliant lineup. Huge congratulations to all!